Trinity United Church
Charitable organization · Portage la Prairie, Manitoba · BN 119271302RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($324,542) as filed with the CRA.
Trinity United Church is a charitable organization based in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $328K in revenue and $325K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $18K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $34K in 2024, the largest being $33K to The United Church of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
To effectively operate trinity united church within the guidelines of the united church of canada - to lead congregational worship - to provide opportunities for christian growth and outreach and to open our hearts and minds to welcome each person as a child of god.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $328K | $325K | $99K | — | $33K | $6.2M |
| 2023 | $428K | $225K | $28K | — | $43K | $5.7M |
| 2022 | $379K | $440K | — | — | $48K | $5.5M |
| 2021 | $536K | $296K | — | — | $58K | $5.6M |
| 2020 | $378K | $299K | — | — | $54K | $5.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $34K to 4 qualified donees:
- The United Church of Canada$33K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$200
- Manitoba Crime Stoppers$50
- Portage Community Revitalization Corporation (pcrc)$50
Received $18K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$189K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tanis Essery (chair of leadership team); Diane Routledge (secretary); Donna Matthews (treasurer); Julie Baker (minister); Elijah Mwandila (minister); Mitchell Omichinski (trustee); Dave Falk (trustee); Larry Muirhead (trustee); Terry Lee (trustee); Hans Stasiuk (trustee); Patti Brown (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Trinity United Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119271302RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.